Breaking: WHO seeks further clarification from Bharat Biotech on Covaxin

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin announces an ex gratia of ₹5 lakhs each for the kin of those deceased in the cracker shop fire in Kallakurichi, and ₹1 lakh for those who were injured and are being treated in the emergency wards, ANI reported.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought further clarification from Bharat Biotech on the emergency use authorisation of Covaxin. The health agency expects to get the added data by the end of this week “The WHO technical advisory team to reconvene on November 3."

As many as three Kashmiri students have been suspended from an engineering college in Agra in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly sharing anti-national chat on WhatsApp.

Mumbai NCB has summoned Prabhakar Sail, a witness in the cruise ship drugs case, for questioning tomorrow. He will be questioned by the NCB team reaching Mumbai from Delhi tomorrow pertaining to his allegations of corruption, ANI reported citing the central agency.

Demonitised notes with face value ₹80 lakh has been seized in Bengaluru after a police team conducted raids. “We have also seized fake Indian currency notes with the face value of ₹5 crores,”  Sharanappa SD, DCP east Bengaluru City told ANI.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday said that it will initiate no action against Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede “as per guidelines of Central Vigilance Commission” for the allegations made by NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik. NCB deputy director general Mutha Ashok Jain said that the letter has not been marked in Mumbai for inquiry yet. “An inquiry and appropriate action will be taken if we have received,” he added.

Punjab government has allowed fire crackers for two hours on Diwali and Guruparab on November 4 and 19, respectively.

The United Nations has said that seven times “more emissions' cuts” are needed to reach 1.5 degree Celsius climate target, AFP reported.

One of the accused in Mumbai cruise ship drugs' case, Manish Rajgaria, has been granted bail by city-based special NDPS Court. Avin Sahu, another accused, have also been granted bail. They are the first persons to get bail in this case. 

Bombay High Court has adjourned Aryan Khan's bail plea hearing till tomorrow 2.30pm.

Sudan's top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday said that he was keeping ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at his own house. According to Reuters, Burhan told a news conference in Khartoum that Hamdok was “safe and kept away for his own safety."

In his ongoing bail application hearing, Aryan Khan via his lawyer told the Bombay High Court that “unsavoury controversy” between politicians and the officials of NCB “cannot be rubbed” on him.

Aryan Khan's lawyer Mukul Rohatgi told Bombay HC that WhatsApp chats recovered from the 23-year-old's phone by the NCB have “nothing to do with the cruise terminal incident.” The former Attorney General of India said that these chats are from before the raid happened, which the central agency is using to say that Aryan had knowledge of the presence of drugs on the ship and was also dealing with relevant people. 

‘Approach is not to keep people in jails, the social justice ministry is talking about reforms’, Khan's counsel tells court. 

The bail plea hearing of Aryan Khan in cruise ship drugs' case has begun in Bombay High Court. Justice Nitin Sambre is hearing the bail application.

Two more persons have been held in connection with the killing of four people, including two BJP workers and a journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. Read full report.

Mukul Rohatgi, the former Attorney General of India, was seen arriving at the Bombay High Court a few minutes before, according to an image shared by ANI. Notably, he is appearing for Aryan Khan in the 23-year-old's bail application hearing today in connection with the drugs case on a Mumbai cruise ship.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has opposed Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan's bail plea in Mumbai cruise ship drugs' case. The central agency said that his bail can influence witnesses and tamper with evidence.

Full vaccination mandatory for travel in Mumbai local trains for essential workers and government employees: Government of Maharashtra.

Supreme Court will deliver at 10.30am tomorrow its order on setting up a probe panel to inquire into the Pegasus snooping case.

The sea phase of the maiden bilateral tri-service exercise 'Konkan Shakti 2021' between the UK and Indian Armed Forces commenced off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.

A team is investigating the new Covid-19 variant AY.4.2 ... ICMR and NCDC teams study and analyse the different variants: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

A magistrate court in Surat has directed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on October 29 to record his statement in connection with a criminal defamation case against him over his remark on the "Modi surname".

China locks down Lanzhou, city of 4 million, over Covid-19, reports AFP.

Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) issues a new SOPs relaxing Covid-19 curfew timings in the state; Night curfew between 11pm and 5am, shops and dine-in restaurants to remain open till 10pm.